{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scalable-inference-serving/main/json-schema/kserve-model-metadata-schema.json",
  "title": "Model Metadata",
  "description": "Metadata about a deployed model in an OIP-compliant inference server. Describes the model's name, available versions, serving platform, and input/output tensor specifications.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["name", "platform", "inputs", "outputs"],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the model as registered in the inference server."
    },
    "versions": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of available model versions. May be empty if versioning is not supported.",
      "items": {"type": "string"}
    },
    "platform": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Backend serving platform and framework.",
      "examples": [
        "tensorflow_savedmodel",
        "pytorch_libtorch",
        "sklearn_sklearn",
        "xgboost_xgboost",
        "onnxruntime_onnx",
        "ensemble",
        "vllm",
        "python"
      ]
    },
    "inputs": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Input tensor specifications for the model.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/TensorMetadata"
      }
    },
    "outputs": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Output tensor specifications for the model.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/TensorMetadata"
      }
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "TensorMetadata": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "Tensor Metadata",
      "description": "Specification of a single input or output tensor.",
      "required": ["name", "datatype", "shape"],
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Tensor name."
        },
        "datatype": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Data type (BOOL, INT32, FP32, BYTES, etc.)",
          "enum": ["BOOL", "UINT8", "UINT16", "UINT32", "UINT64", "INT8", "INT16", "INT32", "INT64", "FP16", "FP32", "FP64", "BYTES", "STRING"]
        },
        "shape": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Tensor shape. -1 indicates a dynamic dimension.",
          "items": {"type": "integer"},
          "example": [-1, 224, 224, 3]
        },
        "parameters": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": true,
          "description": "Optional tensor-specific parameters."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}